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Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP by country

Fiscal Monitor (FM) 2025 October

Countries reporting
192
Highest
334.15
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Lowest
1.82
Brunei Darussalam
Median
52.06
Years covered
40
1991–2030
Data points
7,159

What the numbers show

Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 334.15 in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; the lowest is 1.82 in Brunei Darussalam.

The median across all reporting countries is 52.06, and the mean is 59.24.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 184.

Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Hong Kong, China (up 1,351.3%), and the largest decrease in Micronesia, Federated States of (down 89.0%).

Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 334.15 2030 down 0.7% volatile
2 Eritrea 260.39 2019 up 25.8% rising
3 Japan 222.16 2030 down 14.0% rising
4 Singapore 178.67 2030 up 20.6% rising
5 Bahrain 157.32 2030 up 25.2% volatile
6 Maldives 146.55 2030 down 5.9% volatile
7 United States of America 143.39 2030 up 8.2% rising
8 Sudan 140.32 2030 down 49.6% falling
9 Italy 137.01 2030 down 11.3% rising
10 Bhutan 134.57 2030 up 16.0% rising
11 Greece 130.2 2030 down 38.0% rising
12 France 129.43 2030 up 12.6% rising
13 Belgium 122.63 2030 up 10.2% falling
14 China 116.14 2030 up 68.2% volatile
15 Senegal 111.76 2030 up 23.9% volatile
16 Canada 107.89 2030 down 8.6% rising
17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 105.42 2030 down 0.4% rising
18 Gabon 103.3 2030 up 24.4% rising
19 Brazil 98.07 2030 up 2.1% rising
20 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 94.47 2030 up 21.2% rising
21 Finland 94.17 2030 up 25.0% rising
22 Ukraine 94.11 2030 up 55.5% volatile
23 Spain 92.56 2030 down 22.3% rising
24 Tunisia 91.57 2030 up 17.8% rising
25 Sri Lanka 91.24 2030 down 5.8% rising
26 South Africa 87.1 2030 up 26.4% rising
27 Austria 84.28 2030 up 1.3% rising
28 Dominica 82.56 2030 down 30.1% rising
29 Saint Kitts and Nevis 82.54 2030 up 21.4% falling
30 Algeria 81.11 2030 up 76.5% volatile
31 Cape Verde 80.7 2030 down 44.1% rising
32 El Salvador 79.49 2030 down 16.6% rising
33 Hungary 78.83 2030 up 0.2% rising
34 Malawi 78.77 2030 up 46.3% rising
35 Saint Lucia 77.93 2030 down 22.1% rising
36 Mauritius 77.8 2030 down 16.7% rising
37 Portugal 77.35 2030 down 42.3% rising
38 Fiji 77.24 2030 up 5.9% rising
39 India 76.87 2030 down 13.1% rising
40 Barbados 76.61 2030 down 40.3% rising
41 Mozambique 76.02 2030 down 36.6% rising
42 Poland 75.93 2030 up 34.2% rising
43 Slovakia 75.56 2030 up 29.4% rising
44 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 74.72 2030 down 6.8% rising
45 Germany 73.58 2030 up 8.2% rising
46 Jordan 73.37 2030 down 29.8% falling
47 Tonga 72.92 2030 up 71.4% flat
48 Egypt 72.54 2030 down 15.9% flat
49 Israel 71.96 2030 up 1.2% falling
50 Malaysia 70.72 2030 up 4.5% rising
51 Rwanda 70.52 2030 up 2.6% flat
52 Iraq 69.83 2030 down 3.6% volatile
53 Kenya 69.47 2030 up 2.2% rising
54 Romania 69.11 2030 up 40.3% rising
55 Thailand 68.89 2030 up 39.4% rising
56 Uruguay 68.57 2030 up 0.5% rising
57 Trinidad and Tobago 67.46 2030 up 8.0% rising
58 Grenada 67.36 2030 down 24.7% rising
59 Slovenia 66.85 2030 down 16.6% rising
60 Guinea-Bissau 66.42 2030 down 14.4% volatile
61 Lao People's Democratic Republic 65.37 2030 down 14.0% rising
62 Bahamas 65.21 2030 down 20.3% volatile
63 Namibia 65.04 2030 up 1.2% volatile
64 Montenegro 64.8 2030 down 40.2% rising
65 Republic of Korea 64.29 2030 up 40.0% volatile
66 Morocco 63.93 2030 down 11.5% flat
67 Togo 63.32 2030 up 1.8% rising
68 Myanmar 62.09 2030 up 26.4% volatile
69 Belize 62.01 2030 down 39.8% flat
70 Mexico 61.47 2030 up 5.2% rising
71 Colombia 60.87 2030 down 6.8% rising
72 Angola 60.86 2030 down 48.9% rising
73 Lebanon 60.73 2030 down 59.2% falling
74 Pakistan 60.23 2030 down 25.5% rising
75 Mongolia 59.93 2030 down 28.1% rising
76 Vanuatu 59.36 2030 up 23.6% rising
77 Croatia 59.35 2030 down 31.4% rising
78 Congo 58.99 2030 down 42.5% volatile
79 Antigua and Barbuda 58.35 2030 down 41.9% falling
80 Argentina 58.32 2030 down 43.8% rising
81 Zambia 58.2 2030 down 58.4% volatile
82 Panama 58.1 2030 down 5.6% falling
83 Costa Rica 57.44 2030 down 14.1% rising
84 Lesotho 57.42 2030 up 5.0% falling
85 Botswana 57.26 2030 up 131.1% volatile
86 Philippines 55.73 2030 up 7.9% falling
87 San Marino 55.55 2030 down 20.4% volatile
88 North Macedonia 55.54 2030 up 9.2% rising
89 Lithuania 54.49 2030 up 18.7% rising
90 Uganda 54.25 2030 up 17.1% rising
91 Latvia 53.52 2030 up 21.5% rising
92 Armenia 53.08 2030 down 21.1% rising
93 New Zealand 53 2030 up 22.6% rising
94 Czechia 52.46 2030 up 42.2% rising
95 Jamaica 52.26 2030 down 47.8% falling
96 Aruba 52.14 2030 down 55.4% rising
97 Dominican Republic 51.98 2030 down 27.6% rising
98 Yemen 51.95 2030 down 40.3% rising
99 Burkina Faso 49.82 2030 up 14.2% rising
100 Gambia 49.66 2030 down 42.2% flat
101 Madagascar 49.54 2030 down 6.3% falling
102 Australia 49.36 2030 down 13.5% rising
103 Côte d'Ivoire 49.18 2030 up 6.2% falling
104 Netherlands 48.55 2030 down 9.1% falling
105 Nepal 48.08 2030 up 11.0% rising
106 Liberia 48 2030 down 18.2% volatile
107 Ghana 47.58 2030 down 39.8% rising
108 Albania 47.2 2030 down 37.4% falling
109 Malta 47.08 2030 down 3.1% falling
110 Benin 46.78 2030 up 1.4% rising
111 Seychelles 46.62 2030 down 39.7% falling
112 Equatorial Guinea 46.3 2030 down 6.3% volatile
113 Mali 46.25 2030 down 2.3% rising
114 South Sudan 44.73 2030 down 8.7% volatile
115 Chile 44.43 2030 up 37.2% volatile
116 Bangladesh 44.17 2030 up 28.0% rising
117 Serbia 43.2 2030 down 20.5% falling
118 Tanzania, United Republic of 42.86 2030 up 3.9% rising
119 Republic of Moldova 42.71 2030 up 16.6% volatile
120 Ecuador 42.45 2030 down 33.2% rising
121 Eswatini 41.94 2030 up 9.7% rising
122 Mauritania 41.66 2030 down 26.3% falling
123 Indonesia 41.53 2030 up 4.5% falling
124 Niger 41.41 2030 down 7.9% falling
125 Saudi Arabia 40.67 2030 up 37.1% volatile
126 Nicaragua 40.36 2030 down 17.9% volatile
127 Papua New Guinea 40.23 2030 down 17.4% rising
128 Norway 40 2030 down 13.1% rising
129 Kyrgyzstan 39.96 2030 down 37.2% falling
130 Kiribati 39.78 2030 up 89.6% rising
131 Iran, Islamic Republic of 39.29 2030 down 16.6% rising
132 Burundi 38.69 2030 down 41.3% volatile
133 Cyprus 38.31 2030 down 66.3% rising
134 Paraguay 38.18 2030 up 3.5% rising
135 Honduras 38.07 2030 down 27.4% falling
136 Central African Republic 37.88 2030 down 11.4% falling
137 Iceland 37.77 2030 down 50.4% falling
138 Palau 36.78 2030 down 29.4% rising
139 Bulgaria 36.05 2030 up 58.7% volatile
140 Estonia 35.44 2030 up 85.6% volatile
141 Bosnia and Herzegovina 35.39 2030 down 5.0% flat
142 Peru 35.24 2030 up 2.8% falling
143 Zimbabwe 35.15 2030 down 38.1% rising
144 Georgia 35.09 2030 down 41.1% falling
145 Comoros 35.04 2030 up 44.1% volatile
146 Qatar 34.87 2030 down 52.0% falling
147 Suriname 34.27 2030 down 76.6% volatile
148 Nigeria 33.76 2030 up 31.2% volatile
149 Sweden 33.51 2030 down 16.6% falling
150 Belarus 33.11 2030 down 30.3% rising
151 Cambodia 33.06 2030 up 31.0% falling
152 Russian Federation 32.8 2030 up 71.2% volatile
153 Switzerland 32.75 2030 down 24.2% falling
154 Ethiopia 32.1 2030 down 40.2% falling
155 Solomon Islands 31.05 2030 up 141.9% volatile
156 Guatemala 30.78 2030 down 2.3% rising
157 Cameroon 30.62 2030 down 31.7% falling
158 Viet Nam 30.62 2030 down 25.9% rising
159 Luxembourg 30.59 2030 up 24.7% rising
160 Sao Tome and Principe 30.53 2030 down 66.4% volatile
161 Denmark 30.41 2030 down 34.3% falling
162 Kazakhstan 30.23 2030 up 14.7% rising
163 Syrian Arab Republic 30.02 2010 down 80.3% falling
164 Chad 29.97 2030 down 28.2% rising
165 Uzbekistan 29.88 2030 down 11.3% volatile
166 Sierra Leone 29.84 2030 down 35.6% falling
167 Oman 28.84 2030 down 57.5% volatile
168 Andorra 28.36 2030 down 38.8% rising
169 Ireland 28.23 2030 down 50.5% falling
170 United Arab Emirates 26.63 2030 down 11.6% volatile
171 Guyana 26.16 2030 down 56.0% falling
172 Tajikistan 26.13 2030 down 48.7% volatile
173 Türkiye 25.85 2030 down 33.3% falling
174 Azerbaijan 24.94 2030 up 17.0% rising
175 Kuwait 24.47 2030 up 139.2% volatile
176 Guinea 24.08 2030 down 46.8% falling
177 Kosovo 23.85 2030 up 6.0% rising
178 Samoa 21.72 2030 down 49.7% falling
179 Puerto Rico 18.88 2030 down 62.4% falling
180 Djibouti 17.31 2030 down 58.8% falling
181 Timor-Leste 14.67 2030 up 45.4% volatile
182 Hong Kong, China 14.48 2030 up 1,351.3% volatile
183 Haiti 11.44 2030 down 48.7% falling
184 Marshall Islands 10.93 2030 down 49.6% falling
185 Tuvalu 10.93 2030 down 9.7% volatile
186 Taiwan, China 9.84 2030 down 69.2% falling
187 Afghanistan 8.8 2024 up 1.2% volatile
188 Naoero 6.68 2030 down 88.1% volatile
189 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.27 2030 down 73.5% volatile
190 Turkmenistan 3.78 2030 down 75.4% volatile
191 Micronesia, Federated States of 2.36 2030 down 89.0% falling
192 Brunei Darussalam 1.82 2030 down 36.3% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
211 places, 7,159 data points, 1991–2030
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Fiscal Monitor (FM) 2025 October